Senior Systems Engineer

Pivotal is the leader in the emerging market of electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. We design, develop, and manufacture light eVTOL aircraft and are renowned for the Black Fly, the first light eVTOL to fly manned missions and enter the consumer market.

Efficient, compact, and simple, Pivotal vehicles are designed for a wide range of consumer, public service, and defense applications. Our distinctive tilt‑aircraft architecture and scalable platform have been in development, preparing to enter the market for over 10 years. We recently announced our next-generation aircraft, the Helix, planned for general release and scalable production in early 2025.

Mobility is one of the most highly‑valued areas of technology investment today. This is the right company, in the right space, the right strategy, at the right time. We invite you to join our amazing team and grow with us.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will develop, lead, maintain system requirements and system architecture in conjunction with the engineering leads. You work seamlessly across functions and understand the systems engineering approach and execution of a complex system development effort. You will also maintain system reliability in conjunction with the engineering leads. You work seamlessly across functions and understand the systems engineering approach and execution of a complex system development effort.

You are comfortable with a range of tools including JAMA Reliance for reliability and project management tools, including Jira, Git Lab and MS Project. You are tenacious and drive accountability and leverage the collective smarts of teams to find better solutions – committed to “finding a way”.

Ideally, you also bring a passion for technology, aviation, and the future of personal flight!

• Act as engineering project owner for cross functional system level development and prototype projects
• Manage requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Review and interpret customer specification effectively
• Identify, analyze and resolve system design weaknesses
• Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems
• Help build and drive a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) process that continuously feeds FMEA learnings into functional requirements
• Collaborate with engineers in compliance analysis, system interface definitions, and associated requirements definition
• Ensure “white spaces” in verification and validation plans or results are quickly resolved while keeping project on track to schedule
• Engage with our test team on verification & validation (V&V) test plans to ensure comprehensive coverage of requirements
• Perform reliability & failure analysis and qualification for product launch
• Work closely with engineering teams to assess the reliability of a product and use it to improve product performance and inform new product reliability
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down and reliability assessment progress

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Engineering/Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 5+ years experience using a reliability analysis tool (Reliance preferred)
• 5+years experience in a systems-type product development environment involving requirements development, FMEA, compliance standards, and V&V test planning
• 5+ years of combined experience in reliability and systems engineering, or aerospace engineering required
• Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provided an effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
• Familiarity with FAA PT103, PT23, and MIL STD 810
  
  Has developed systems test plans, procedures,…